Nykanor Deyneha

Nykanor Deyneha
Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv (auxiliary)
Church	Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
Appointed	February 1972
Other posts	Archimandrite of Univ Lavra of the Studite Rite (1951-1982)
Orders
Ordination	1939 (Hieromonk) by Andrey Sheptytsky
Consecration	February 1972 (Bishop) by Vasyl Velychkovsky
Personal details
Birth name	Mykola Petrovych Deyneha
Born	8 December 1907(1907-12-08) Svystilnyky, Austrian-Hungarian Empire, now Ukraine
Died	November 7, 1982(1982-11-07) (aged 74) Lviv, Soviet Union, now Ukraine

Bishop Nykanor Deyneha (Ukrainian: Никанор Дейнега; December 8, 1907 – November 8, 1982) was the clandestine Ukrainian Auxiliary bishop of Lviv of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Also he was leader of the Studite Brethren as the clandestine Archimandrite of the Univ Lavra during time of the religion persecution in the Soviet Union. In addition, bishop Nykanor was Nazi prisoner from 1942 to 1943.

Life

Bishop Nykanor (his given name was Mykola; Nykanor is his monastic name) was born in Svystilnyky village (now is Svitanok village, Rohatyn Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast) into a peasant family. After graduation of the school he joined the Studite Brethren in the end of 1934 as a novice in June 16, 1935 was tonsured as monk in the Univ Lavra. In July 15, 1938 he had last monastic vows. Next year he was ordained as hierodiacon and hieromonk, after successful graduation of the Lviv Theological Seminary and in 1943 was appointed as superior in St. Joseph Lviv filial monastery.

Before this time, in December 11, 1942 he was arrested and imprisoned by Nazi for "anti-Nazi activities". However, six months later he was released, because the Nazis did not knew that the Jews hided in the monastery.^[1]

In 1951, when in Vladimir Central Prison died as martyr of the faith previous Archimandrite, Father Klymentiy Sheptytsky, Nykanor was elected as his successor. During this time he clandestinely organized the catacomb theologian seminary.

In February 1972 he was consecrated as auxiliary bishop for underground Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Lviv by Blessed Bishop Vasyl Velychkovsky, that in this time was the Administrator for all the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in catacombs.

References

1. ^ Lewin, Kurt I. (1994). A Journey Through Illusions. Santa Barbara: Fithian Press. ISBN 978-1564740571. 

External links

• Ukrainian Clandestine Hierarchs
• Profile at Gcatholic.com

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Klymentiy Sheptytsky	Archimandrite of Univ Holy Dormition Lavra of the Studite Rite 1951-1982	Succeeded by Yuriy Makar

Persondata
Name	Deyneha, Nykanor
Alternative names
Short description	Clandestine Bishop
Date of birth	December 8, 1907
Place of birth	Svystilnyky, now Ukraine
Date of death	November 8, 1982
Place of death	Lviv, now Ukraine